- Minoru Takura: This is the place I was telling you about. That's where most of them sneak over.
- Paladin: What about the border patrol?
- Minoru Takura: They've got one man to cover 50 miles of border. Besides there's a fellow that's made $30,000 just sneaking people across
- Paladin: Mexicans?
- Minoru Takura: No, Chinese. no, maybe a few Japanese. Half of them died out there in the desert, but he didn't care. He always collected in advance.
- Paladin: They usually do.
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- Paladin: We can't last 8 more miles, so weary, we're going over the cliff. The last 10 feet won't be pleasant. But neither is the alternative.